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ROUTE: Newport, MI to Denver, CO: 1,323 miles (1,264 loaded + 59 deadhead) Assignments of over 1,000 miles are a rare treat, the average is around 600 miles. We get paid my the mile so these are great for the wallet but create havoc on the body as it’s mostly driving. From the shipper it…

ROUTE: Charlotte, NC to Pontiac, MI: 644 miles Basically the same trip as the one on the way down except now going to Pontiac instead of Burton, MI. The shipper was the same as the consignee of the previous assignment so there were no deadhead miles. The only difference was that I was assigned to…

ROUTE: Burton, MI to Charlotte, NC: 737 miles (671 loaded + 66 deadhead) Monday March 9th was a long day, and that is more often than not in the life of the trucker. It ended up being a sixteen-hour workday. I managed to legally overcome the fourteen-hour workday DOT Regulation because I had a Split…

ROUTE: Elkhart, IN to Ypsilanti, MI: 296 miles (163 loaded + 133 deadhead) This was a relatively short assignment but such is the luck of the draw. The delivery was scheduled for the next day at 6:00am but the consignee is a 24/5 facility so I could deliver it that same evening. I’ve been to…

ROUTE: Columbia, SC to Bernstad, KY to Westfield, IN: 721 miles (670 loaded + 81 deadhead + $75) The original assignment was to take a load from Columbia, SC to Wyandotte, MI. The assignment picked up on Friday and delivered on Monday. I could arrive to our terminal on Saturday and possibly pass the load…

ROUTE: Woodburn, IN to Woodruff, SC: 611 miles (no deadhead on this trip). The shipper was the same as the consignee from the last assignment, therefore no miles of deadhead. I shut down the previous night at 11:30pm after a fourteen-hour workday. Wednesday March 4th, the load wasn’t going to be ready before noon so…

ROUTE: Savannah, GA to Woodburn, IN: 850 miles (840 loaded + 10 deadhead) Monday 03/02 my day started at 5:30am as my delivery appointed was scheduled for 6:00am. Fortunately, there was a truck stop a mere fifteen minutes from the consignee. The unload process took almost three hours and then I drove 30 minutes to…

ROUTE: Maumee, OH to Pooler, GA: 991 miles (813 loaded + 178 deadhead) I completed the previous assignment on Friday afternoon. The delivery for this one was only on Monday morning. The consignee was just outside of Savannah, GA, a city I’ve been to before and I love. I had two-and-half days for an assignment…

ROUTE: Leominster, MA to Ubly, MI: 997 miles (910 loaded + 87 deadhead) Wednesday 02/25 I started my day at 10:00am. I had driven the night before to the consignee so I could have all my hours at the start of the day and this facility allows for overnight stay. The shipper for this assignment…

ROUTE: Newport, MI to Windsor, CT: 748 miles (693 loaded + 55 deadhead) This is one of my usual routes as it gets me home when I request is, but today it’s just another assignment. Sunday 02/22 I was at our terminal in Canton, MI, getting the truck’s 20K mile maintenance done and checking on…